Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2247

 120 STAT. 2216

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

‘‘(3) may not be used for any purpose in any action, suit, or judicial or administrative proceeding without the consent of the Secretary of the military department concerned.’’. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 618 of such title is amended by striking subsection (f). (b) RESERVE SELECTION BOARD PROCEEDINGS.—Section 14104 of such title is amended to read as follows: ‘‘§ 14104. Nondisclosure of board proceedings ‘‘(a) NONDISCLOSURE.—The proceedings of a selection board convened under section 14101 of this title may not be disclosed to any person not a member of the board. ‘‘(b) PROHIBITED USES OF BOARD DISCUSSIONS, DELIBERATIONS, AND RECORDS.—The discussions and deliberations of a selection board described in subsection (a) and any written or documentary record of such discussions and deliberations— ‘‘(1) are immune from legal process; ‘‘(2) may not be admitted as evidence; and ‘‘(3) may not be used for any purpose in any action, suit, or judicial or administrative proceeding without the consent of the Secretary of the military department concerned.’’. (c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 613a of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to the proceedings of all selection boards convened under section 611 of that title, including selection boards convened before the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 14104 of such title, as amended by subsection (b), shall apply with respect to the proceedings of all selection boards convened under section 14101 of that title, including selection boards convened before the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 613 the following new item: ‘‘613a. Nondisclosure of board proceedings.’’.

(2) The item relating to section 14104 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1403 of such title is amended to read as follows: ‘‘14104. Nondisclosure of board proceedings.’’. SEC. 548. REPORT ON EXTENT OF PROVISION OF TIMELY NOTICE OF LONG-TERM DEPLOYMENTS.

Not later than March 1, 2007, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the number of members of the Armed Forces (shown by service and within each service by reserve component and active component) who, during the period beginning on January 1, 2005, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, have not received at least 30 days notice (in the form of an official order) before a deployment that will last 180 days or more. With respect to members of the reserve components, the report shall describe the degree of compliance (or noncompliance) with Department of Defense policy concerning the amount of notice to be provided before long-term mobilizations or deployments.

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